removing flat spot from a car alloy

john · Oct 15, 2008

one of the wheels on my car has a flat spot. Previous owner obviously hit a pot hole quite hard!

The wheel is balanced fine and the car drives ok. Would be good to get the wheel sorted though. Anyone used one of these places which claims to be able to remove flat spots? Any good??

shovelon · Oct 15, 2008

John":2y17dclh said:
one of the wheels on my car has a flat spot. Previous owner obviously hit a pot hole quite hard!

The wheel is balanced fine and the car drives ok. Would be good to get the wheel sorted though. Anyone used one of these places which claims to be able to remove flat spots? Any good??

Alum or steel?

The steel ones press out easily. The alum ones are prone to cracking if not careful, then need welding, still no problem.

Take photos for before and after documentation, just in case they butcher it.

Terry

Khane · Oct 15, 2008

my mum has had 1 of her alloys done by a specialist place around where we live, got the flat spot out wasnt exactly that cheap tho.

john · Oct 15, 2008

Alloy wheel. Might just be cheaper to pick one up from the dealers or ebay.

Bike Hoarder · Oct 15, 2008

John, try a specialist breaker if it's a standard wheel. Pos cheaper than ebay.

john · Oct 15, 2008

Bike Hoarder":3meptsaf said:
John, try a specialist breaker if it's a standard wheel. Pos cheaper than ebay.

good point, will ring round. Nothing extra special but there is such variation these days....

heathy · Oct 15, 2008

Whats happening ref the bm alloy :?: Have you been sorted yet :?:

Defiant · Oct 15, 2008

had the same.
In euro it cost me 50 euro to get it out,..but the replacement of the 20" tyre was more expensive

john · Oct 16, 2008

heathy":1j8x4axj said:
Whats happening ref the bm alloy :?: Have you been sorted yet :?:

The bm alloy did finally reappear. Took almost 3 months but got there in the end.

The dinged wheel is off the other car. Only saw the problem when i got new tyres....

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